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Market Towns Of Vestfold County
The Market towns of Vestfold county ( no, Kjøpstedene i Vestfold fylke) was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns ( no, kjøpsteder) of Holmestrand, Horten, Tønsberg, Sandefjord and Larvik in Vestfold county. The district was established ahead of the 1921 Norwegian parliamentary election following the change from single member constituencies to plural member constituencies in 1919. Following changes in the national policy on market towns in 1952, these electoral districts were abolished ahead of the 1953 Norwegian parliamentary election. Instead, each county became one electoral district, and for election purposes the towns were integrated into their respective counties. Representatives The following representatives were elected from the ''Market towns of Vestfold county'': ''Legend:'' *NKP = Communist Party, ''Norges Kommunistiske Parti'' *A = Labour Party, ''Det Norske Arbeiderparti'' *SDA = Social Democratic Labou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stortinget
The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional representation in nineteen multi-seat constituencies. A member of Stortinget is known in Norwegian as a ''stortingsrepresentant'', literally "Storting representative". The assembly is led by a president and, since 2009, five vice presidents: the presidium. The members are allocated to twelve standing committees as well as four procedural committees. Three ombudsmen are directly subordinate to parliament: the Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee and the Office of the Auditor General. Parliamentarianism was established in 1884, with the Storting operating a form of "qualified unicameralism", in which it divided its membership into two internal chambers making Norway a de facto bicameral parliament, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Bredo Sollie
Harald Bredo Sollie (17 January 1871 – 1 March 1947) was a Norwegian jurist, naval officer and politician for the Conservative Party. Family Sollie was born in Horten to Hans Paulsen Sollie (1816–1900) and Bredine Andrea Løes (1833–1919). He had one daughter, Bergljot Sollie (1903–1994), with Marie Louise Nygaard (1875–1945). Bergljot Sollie married naval officer Thore Horve in 1927. Sollie was also the uncle of politician Hans Johan Sollie. Education Sollie finished his secondary education in 1891. He graduated from university with the cand.jur. degree in 1895. Career Sollie worked various jobs in Horten as a teenager. In 1892, he became a reserve officer in the Norwegian Army. He was a deputy judge from 1896 to 1898, then became a law firm partner in 1899. At the same time, he continued his naval career, advancing to premier lieutenant in 1900 and to captain in 1903. From 1913 to 1923, he was an attorney in the Royal Norwegian Navy. From 1924 to 1925, he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 Norwegian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 19 October 1936, Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1438 the last before World War II and the German invasion of Norway. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 70 of the 150 seats in the Storting. During the election campaign, the conservative and liberal parties ran on the slogan "A free people in a free Norway." They argued that a Labour Party victory would lead to terrorism, dictatorship, and Marxism. A prominent controversial topic during the election campaign was the decision of the Labour government to allow Leon Trotsky to take up a domicile in Norway in 1935. Results Seat distribution Notes References {{Norwegian elections General elections in Norway 1930s elections in Norway Norway Parliamentary Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Johan Sollie
Hans Johan Sollie (13 June 1885 – 12 February 1973) was a Norwegian bookseller and member of parliament for the Conservative Party. Biography He was born in Aalesund in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. He was a son of headmaster Paul Sollie (1852–1919) and Dorothea Torgersen (1860–1949). He was a nephew of politician Harald Bredo Sollie. He finished his secondary education in Fredrikshald in 1903, and set out to be a bookseller. He worked in H. Aschehoug & Co's outlet from 1903 to 1905, in Gudbrandsdalens Bokhandel briefly in 1905 and for Erik Qvist from 1905 to 1908. In 1908 he started his own book shop in Horten. He also wrote for newspapers such as ''Verdens Gang''. In politics, Sollie was a member of Horten city council from 1913 to 1919, and then served as mayor from 1919 to autumn 1945, except for the period between 1940 and spring 1945 when Norway was occupied by Nazi Germany. He served in the Parliament of Norway from 1934 to 1936 for the constituency Market towns of Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trygve Sverdrup
Trygve Sverdrup (22 July 1886 – 24 January 1964) was a Norwegian naval officer and politician. He was born in Christiania to engineer Harald Ulrik Sverdrup and Ragna Valborg Dahl, and graduated as naval officer in 1908. He was elected representative to the Storting for the periods 1934–1936 and 1937–1945, for the Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P .... He was member of the municipal council of Tønsberg from 1923, and served as mayor 1936–1937. He was decorated Knight of the Order of the White Rose of Finland. References 1886 births 1964 deaths Military personnel from Oslo Royal Norwegian Navy personnel Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Vestfold Politicians from Tà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Norwegian Parliamentary Election ...
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 16 October 1933.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1438 The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 69 of the 150 seats in the Storting. Results Seat distribution Notes References {{Norwegian elections General elections in Norway 1930s elections in Norway Norway Parliamentary Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trygve Rynning
Trygve is a masculine given name most common in Norway. Trygve is derived from the Old Norse ''tryggr'', meaning "true, trustworthy", cognate with Old English '' treowe'', Old High German ''triuwe''. Gothic has ''triggws''. The Icelandic, Faroese and Old Norse form of the name is Tryggvi, e.g. Tryggve Olafsson. There are 5,951 people with the forename Trygve in Norway in 2009, declining to 5,432 in November 2015. The following people share the forename Trygve: * Trygve Bendiksby (1907–1992), Norwegian judge * Trygve Berge (born 1932), Norwegian Olympic downhill skier * Trygve Bjørgo (1916–1997), Norwegian poet and educator * Trygve Bornø (born 1942), Norwegian footballer * Trygve Braarud (1903–1985), Norwegian botanist * Trygve Bratteli (1910–1984), Norwegian Prime Minister * Trygve Brodahl (1905–1996), Norwegian cross-country skier * Trygve Brudevold (1920–2021), Norwegian bobsledder * Trygve Bruvik (born 1952), Norwegian engineer * Trygve Bull (1905–1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odd Nerdrum (politician)
Odd Nerdrum (born 8 April 1944) is a Norwegian figurative painter who was born in Sweden; his work is held by museums worldwide. Themes and style in Nerdrum's work reference anecdote and narrative. Primary influences by the painters Rembrandt and Caravaggio help place his work in direct conflict with the abstraction and conceptual art considered acceptable in much of Norway. Nerdrum creates six to eight paintings a year. They include still life paintings of small, everyday objects (like bricks), portraits and self-portraits, and large paintings allegorical and apocalyptic in nature. The figures in Nerdrum's paintings are often dressed as if from another time and place. Nerdrum was born in Sweden. His Norwegian parents were resistance fighters who had fled German-occupied Norway to Helsingborg, Sweden during World War II where Nerdrum, subsequently, was born. At the end of the war Nerdrum returned to Norway with his parents. By 1950 Nerdrum's parents had divorced leaving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Norwegian Parliamentary Election ...
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 20 October 1930.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1438 The Labour Party won the most seats (47 of the 150 seats) in the Storting. During the election, the Labour Party advocated for socialist policies whereas the Conservative, Liberal and Agrarian parties ran in opposition to the Labour Party. Results Seat distribution Notes References {{Norwegian elections General elections in Norway 1930s elections in Norway Norway Parliamentary Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristian Albert Christiansen
Kristian Albert Christiansen (1 January 1888 – 10 October 1966) was a Norwegian politician. He was born in Larvik to saw mill worker Olaus Christiansen and Anne Helene Andersen. He was elected representative to the Storting The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ... for the periods 1928–1930, 1934–1936 and 1937–1945, for the Labour Party. References 1888 births 1966 deaths People from Larvik Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Blom
Christian Blom (20 October 1782 – 22 April 1861) was a Norwegian ship owner and composer. Blom was born at Tønsberg in Vestfold, Norway. He was the son of Jan Blom (1748–1832) and Anne Cathrine Heegaard (1757–1837). His father was a magistrate and a cousin, Gustav Peter Blom (1785-1869), was County Governor of ''Buskerud Amt'' (now Buskerud). He attended the University of Copenhagen. He later moved to Drammen to work in shipping. Christian Blom is most associated with his music. Blom's compositions included almost 40 songs, 4 chamber works, an orchestral overture and a few small choral movements. His best-known work was the melody to Norway's former national anthem, ''Sønner av Norge'', with lyrics by Henrik Anker Bjerregaard Henrik Anker Bjerregaard (1 January 1792 – 7 April 1842) was a Norwegian poet, dramatist and judge. Born in Ringsaker to Mads Bjerregard and Alet Ørtlien, he grew up in Vågå from the age of eight. He studied at the University of Copenhagen, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knut Michael Spæren
Knut ( Norwegian and Swedish), Knud ( Danish), or Knútur (Icelandic) is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch first name, of which the anglicised form is Canute. In Germany both "Knut" and "Knud" are used. In Spanish and Portuguese Canuto is used which comes from the Latin version Canutus, and in Finland, the name Nuutti is based on the name Knut. The name is derived from the Old Norse Knútr meaning "knot". It is the name of several medieval kings of Denmark, two of whom also reigned over England during the first half of the 11th century. People *Harthaknut I of Denmark (Knut I, Danish: Hardeknud) (b. c. 890), king of Denmark *Knut the Great (Knut II, Danish: Knud den Store or Knud II) (d. 1035), Viking king of England, Denmark and Norway **Subject of the apocryphal King Canute and the waves * Harthaknut (Knut III, Danish: Hardeknud or Knud III) (d. 1042), king of Denmark and England *Saint Knud IV of Denmark (Danish: Knud IV), king of Denmark (r. 1080–1086) and martyr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
